Reactor shaft
Reactor shaft
Production information
Locations
Usage and history
Purpose
Description[]
Used as part of theTibannagasmining operation of the airbornemetropolis,Cloud City on thegas giant,Bespin, reactor shafts deep in the center of the city stored gas mined from theplanet'satmosphere.Tractor beams forced gas from Bespin's lower atmosphere through an opening at the bottom of the city'sreactor bulb, where it traveled up through thereactor stalk, and finally into one of several reactor shafts. The gas was held there at low-pressure before being purified by aprocessing vane suspended inside the shaft.[1]
History[]
Sometime after theRebel Alliance'sdefeat onHoth,Luke Skywalker encountered and engagedSith LordDarth Vader in alightsaberduel inside one of Cloud Ciy's processing vanes.[2] Their fight eventually led them out onto the vane'ssensor balcony, exposed to the low pressure gas of the reactor shaft,[1] where Vader dismembered Skywalker and revealed to him that he was hisfather. Choosing todie rather than join thedark side ofthe Force,[2] Skywalker let go of the end of the balcony and fell into the depths of the shaft. Within moments, he was sucked up by an exhaust pipe and was left hanging onto aweather scanner vane on the outside of the city.[1]
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Behind the scenes[]
A reactor shaft first appeared unnamed in the secondStar Wars film,Star Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back, released in1980. The location was first identified as a reactor shaft in theLegends reference bookInside the Worlds of Star Wars Trilogy, released in2004,[3] with the name being madecanon in the2016 reference bookStar Wars: Complete Locations,[1] the re-issue of2005'sStar Wars: Complete Locations.[4]
Appearances[]
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- Star Wars: Episode VThe Empire Strikes Back(First appearance)
- The Empire Strikes Back: So You Want to Be a Jedi?(andaudiobook)
- Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back junior novelization
- "The Witness" —From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back(andaudiobook)
- "The Emperor's Red Guards" —From a Certain Point of View: Return of the Jedi(andaudiobook)
Non-canon appearances[]
Sources[]
- Star Wars: Complete Locations(First identified as reactor shaft)
- Star Wars: LegionCore SetCard:Force PushReissued inLimited Edition Darth Vader andLimited Edition Luke Skywalker Commander Expansions,Clone Wars Core Set, andUpgrade Card Pack(Picture only)
Bespin in theDatabank(backup link)- Cloud City in theDatabank(backup link)
- Luke Skywalker in theDatabank(backup link)
